Process for drug mafia crimes: Up to nearly nineteen-and-a-half years imprisonment in Hamburg
Convicted was the suspect therefore mainly for violations of weapons laws. However, it was primarily about the trade of Cocaine and Marijuana in larger quantities, as well as the attempted armed kidnapping of an alleged business partner. Two accomplices were sentenced to prison terms of two and a half years and three years and ten months respectively for drug dealing and involvement in the kidnapping.
The background of the criminal proceedings were events from the previous year. The suspect, who was allegedly part of an internationally active drug trafficking gang, sold Cocaine and Marijuana in the two-digit kilogram range in the Hamburg area, as did the two other suspects. In November, they were supposed to kidnap and intimidate a business partner on behalf of their organization in Hamburg.
The masked and armed suspects therefore staked out their victim before a Sportsbar. However, the men noticed this and fled, the kidnapping failed. The three suspects, who were between 23 and 33 years old at the time of the trial beginning in April, were arrested a short time later. During a search of the main suspect's apartment, investigators found an additional nine machine pistols.
- The Hamburg Regional Court handed down severe punishments for the suspect's role in the drug mafia's operations, including drug dealing and attempted armed kidnapping.
- The Judge Speaker emphasized the seriousness of the crimes committed, stating that the accounting of years in prison was a necessary component of the sentence.
- The suspect was convicted for years of involvement in drug dealing, focusing primarily on Cocaine and Marijuana, and for attempting to coordinate a kidnapping in Hamburg.
- The process against the drug mafia members involved detailed investigations and surveillance, revealing their extensive drug dealing activities and attempts to expand their criminal empire.
- Sentenced to seven years in prison, the main suspect was deemed responsible for leading this criminal organization and facilitating the distribution of large quantities of Cocaine in the Hamburg region.
- Until their arrests, the drug mafia members engaged in numerous drug dealing activities, continuing to make threats and intimidate their competition in the illegal drug market.
- During the trial, the two accomplices were held accountable for their roles in the drug dealing operations and the attempted kidnapping, the latter of which they were each sentenced to serve time for.
